ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s services exports approached $13 billion in 2025, with transport remaining the backbone of the sector. But while logistics continues to generate nearly half of the country’s services export revenue, the fastest growth is increasingly coming from digital industries, pointing to a gradual shift toward higher-value exports.
Photo credit: Kazakhstan Business Directory. According to Energyprom.kz, Kazakhstan exported $12.8 billion worth of services in 2025. Transport services remained the country’s largest export category, generating $5.7 billion, or 44.8% of total services exports, up 5.2% from a year earlier.
Freight transportation accounted for $4.5 billion of that total. Travel-related services ranked second, increasing 12.4% to $2.9 billion, driven largely by spending by foreign visitors traveling to Kazakhstan for tourism, education, medical treatment and personal visits.
Sustaining that growth, however, will also require continued investment in logistics infrastructure. In a report, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) identified modern warehousing as one of Central Asia’s biggest untapped opportunities, estimating demand for nearly 2 million square meters of new warehouse space and investment needs of up to $1.5 billion.
EDB Chief Economist Evgeny Vinokurov said in an interview with The Astana Times that Kazakhstan is particularly well positioned to capitalize on the trend due to its location at the intersection of major Eurasian trade routes. “Kazakhstan is particularly well-positioned.
Where North-South and East-West routes intersect, synergies emerge. We see at least three major logistics nodes: Almaty, Astana and Shymkent with strong potential for warehouse development,” he said. But transport is no longer the whole story Among the major service categories, telecommunications, computer and information services recorded the fastest growth, rising 35.6% to $1.4 billion.
Together with transport and travel, the three categories generated nearly 78% of Kazakhstan’s total services export revenue. The biggest breakthrough came from computer services. Their exports climbed 36% to $1.1 billion, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time.
Even excluding digital asset mining, which accounted for $367.6 million, computer services exports reached $775.1 million, reflecting continued expansion of Kazakhstan’s technology sector. The milestone also fulfills a strategic objective set several years ago.
In his 2023 State of the Nation Address, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for Kazakhstan’s IT services exports to reach $1 billion by 2026, identifying digital industries as one of the country’s future growth engines. The latest figures indicate that the target has effectively been achieved ahead of schedule.
Much of that growth has been supported by Astana Hub, whose resident companies exported IT services worth $681 million in 2025 to 111 countries, underscoring the expanding global footprint of Kazakhstan’s technology sector. According to previously reported data, the innovation hub is now home to more than 1,700 companies and continues to serve as the country’s primary platform for technology exports.